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  • Specific Item Type > Telephone conversation (remove)
  • Subject > Presidency (remove)
  • Contributor > McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009 (remove)

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Telephone conversation # 5654, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/24/1964, 11:47AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS EARLE WHEELER, ANDREW GOODPASTER WILL MEET WITH EISENHOWER, RELAYS EISENHOWER'S COMMENT TO WHEELER THAT NO ONE SHOULD MAKE STATEMENT ABOUT DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT; NORSTAD'S STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8221, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/30/1965, 7:35PM (Item)
  • PRESS HANDLING OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS TO VIETNAM?; TODAY'S MEETING ON VIETNAM (WITH EISENHOWER?); LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO TALK WITH RFK ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT POLICY; MCNAMARA REMINISCES ABOUT BAY
Telephone conversation # 10250, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/23/1966, 8:14AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS LBJ'S PERMISSION FOR HIMSELF, CYRUS VANCE, DEAN RUSK TO BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ABOUT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF BRIEFING FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SAIGON, WASHINGTON, DC
Telephone conversation # 10288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/29/1966, 3:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HAVE ANDREW GOODPASTER, DOD LIAISON PEOPLE PERSUADE DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO MAKE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF POL BOMBING IN NORTH VIETNAM, SAYS HE PREFERS DOD PEOPLE DO THIS, NOT WH CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON STAFF
Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION